The future of Luke Skywalker

Number 1 is what I hope happens.

 

God Lucas sed Sith can't return as Ghosts. He also told Dave Filoni, (paraphrasing) "never let canon stand in the way of a good story".

So, uhm, maybe!

 

IMO it would be dumb having a bunch of force ghosts fighting. It wouldn't be the same as the characters still living. Also it wouldn't make sense since you can't kill a ghost with a lightsaber. They're already dead.

Where they took the story in The Last Jedi its now nearly impossible to bring back Luke or Snoke in a good way.

 

No idea what they're doing with force ghosts in the new canon... maybe they can just interact with nature, but can't use force powers or fight in any other way? Imagine if those natural disasters that some baddies think were bad luck were actual done by force ghosts that the enemy couldn't see. Maybe we'll see some giant storm that throws First Order troops around and we'll see Luke's force ghost doing that. It would be consistent with what Obi Wan says about becoming more powerful than you can possibly imagine.

 

Luke will appear as a Force ghost, sipping green milk, middle finger up, and rocking a shirt that says "Your Luke pre-TLJ theories SUCKED!"

 

I see him returning as a mentor to Rey and potentially other force sensitive users. It's the only way I see him return to the movies without changing it up completely. Unless, they mix the canon and have him return to the physical world, seeing him using the force to literally bring himself back could be cool. But, this would be a massive gamble.

 

Luke's last "See ya around, kid" makes me hope his force ghost visits Ben, not Rey. Force ghosts in previous movies have appeared just to talk to our heroes and offer support. I'm game to see a bona fide force ghost haunting this time: a conscience who can't be dismissed.

 

That would make Luke deciding to become a force ghost make sense. haunting Ben and getting him to question the dark side more would be something he can't do while alive.

 

I expect something like this, and agree his coming back in physical form would be a huge gamble.

That said, if the actress for Rey really isn't intending on coming back for more SW in the near future, maybe Luke the White starts his school and they kill off Rey at the end of 9?

But this would be cool too, and could be legitimately funny too.

 

I don't see Maz as a future master for Rey, a word of wisdom here and there perhaps, but Rey needs someone to talk to about the force and her training in EPIX, for exposition purposes if nothing else. I believe Force Ghost Luke be there to talk to Rey, and the audience, about the force.

 

I don't think we'll see Maz again.

 

I hold out hope they will realize the mistake they made and fix this abortion of a movie. Luke Lives!

 

Were people upset like this when Han died too?

 

People are just behaving like Rey. She had heard stories of Luke and thought he would be a legend. She was wrong, initially. She hero she imagined was not the hero she would meet. Of course, until A New Hope literally marched onto the Crait battlefield.That Luke she remembered So the writers, who force the viewers to see the world through Rey's eyes, completely intended to make fans angry about act 1 and 2 Luke. But what matters is Luke in act III

As for Luke, he will haunt Kylo as a Force ghost.

--- Double Post Merged, Jan 5, 2018, Original Post Date: Jan 5, 2018 ---

Nope

 

My personal wish...Force Ghost Luke shows up to Kylo Ren, never speaks to him, just shows him family pictures and Han Solo Memes and laughs.

 

If they do have Luke as a force ghost, and I find it hard to believe they won't, they need to put rules on what he can and can't do. The Yoda lightning opens a can of worms and needs resolving.

 

Were you also complaining about rules when Luke force choked a pig in ROTJ? Or when the emperor used lightning in ROTJ/ Or when Qui Gon pushed over a droid with the force?

There are no rules. There have never been rules.

 

No it doesn’t. The film makers were paying attention to detail. Force ghost Obi-Wan moves through Dagobah and sits on a physical log just after he moves tree branches out of his way. The force ghost isn’t a ghost at all. They can manifest themselves physically, always could. I do believe that since they are now part of the force, they cannot interfere with the forces will. That’s why Obi-Wan tells Luke “If you choose to face Vader you will do so alone, I cannot interfere”. They can’t take away the free will of the living and can’t go against the will of the force.